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OBSCENE meaning: 1. offensive, rude, or shocking, usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing…. Learn more.
Definition of obscene adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
obscene: 1 adj offensive to the mind “the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee” Synonyms: abhorrent , detestable , repugnant , repulsive offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses adj designed to incite to indecency or lust “"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene "-Margaret Mead” Synonyms: indecent offensive to good taste ...
OBSCENITY definition: 1. the fact that something is obscene: 2. a very offensive or sexually shocking word or sentence…. Learn more.
Synonyms for OBSCENE: pornographic, vulgar, foul, nasty, filthy, gross, dirty, indecent; Antonyms of OBSCENE: wholesome, decent, clean, puritanical, prudish, proper ...
Obscene definition: Offensive to accepted standards of decency. The discussion of this measure occupied most of the session of 1895; the bill was amended by the Centre so as to make it even more strongly a measure for the defence of religion; and clauses were introduced to defend public morality, by forbidding the public exhibition of pictures or statues, or the sale of writings, which ...
The courts and the legislature have had similar problems defining this term because it is paradoxical, and thus impossible to define. Because the term "obscenity" is not defined by either the statutes or the case law, this law does not satisfy the vagueness doctrine, which states that people must clearly be informed as to the prohibited behavior.
